AHSI is a network of 12 youth development organizations actively supported by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and co-convened by NLC's Institute for Youth, Education, and Families (YEF Institute) and Big Picture Learning.

As a co-convener of AHSI, Big Picture Learning looks forward to taking part in a systemic approach to serving all kids along with the City of Newark Public Schools and the participating AHSI organizations.

is a publicly held Company with its Common Stock and Warrants traded on Nasdaq under the symbols AHSI and AHSIW, respectively, and the Boston Stock Exchange under the symbols AHS and AHSW, respectively.

AHSI is a network of youth development organizations, with NLC being a convener, with more than 200 sites nationwide committed to creating educational opportunities for young people for whom traditional school settings have not been successful.

Through a highly competitive process, Nashville and Newark were selected to join Indianapolis in a leading edge cohort of cities that are launching "place-based partnerships" with the AHSI network to establish several new innovation-model high schools.

NLC and The Big Picture Company are co-conveners of the Alternative High School Initiative (AHSI)--a network of youth development organizations committed to creating educational opportunities for youth who have struggled in traditional high school settings; NASS is one of 12 members of AHSI.

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